Stable-floor



(No Model.)

H. E. BRION.

STABLE FLOOR.

No. 592,960. Patented Nov. 2, 1897.

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NITED STATES HENRY E. BRION, OF LIBERTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

STAB LE-FLOO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,960, dated November 2, 1897. Application filed 15 1895. Serial Il'o- 549,344. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. BRION, a citizen of the United States, residing at Liberty, in the county of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stable-Floors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in floors for stables and the like, and has for its object to provide a floor that shall be level and still allow the moisture to be easily drained off, leaving the I11 order to accomplish this purpose, I have devised the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved stable-floor, the sides of the stall being broken away; and Fig. 2 is a like view of the floor with the false floor raised for the purpose of cleaning under it.

Where the same letters occur in the two views, the same parts are represented.

In ordinary stables the rear end of the floor is frequently left lower than the forward end, in order to give fall and permit the moisture to be drained off. Another makeshift is to leave cracks between the planks of the floor or bore holes through, but neither of these methods is satisfactory.

In my device I have aimed to avoid the 0bjections to the ordinary stable-floors, and yet make a floor that is very simple in construction and inexpensive and one that can be easily cleaned whenever it becomes clogged up.

Referring now to the drawings, A B O D E are the planks forming the false floor. These planks are securely nailed to cross-pieces F G and end piece H, a. small intervalhalf an inch, for examplebeing left between the planks to allow for drainage through. Se cured to the under side of the false floor along the alternate planks B D are the wedge-shaped stringers I K, somewhat narrower than the planks, the thin ends of which are placed toward the head of the stall, preferably. T

The main floor L of the stall is made tight and given some fall toward the rear-say four inchesto allow for drainage. Secured to this main floor along the line of the planks A O E of the false floor are three wedge-shaped stringers M N O, exactly similar to the stringers I K on the under side of the false floor. These stringers M N 0, it will be perceived, alternate with the stringers I K. This gives plenty of room between ill and N and N and Ojfor the use of a shovel or other implement in cleaning out under the false floor, and at thesame time a firm support is given to each plank of the false floor throughout its entire length, which is an important advantage.

P is a trough adapted to catch the drainage and carry it off out of the stable. Aplank Q, covers the trough when the stable is in use, but may be removed, as shown in Fig. 2, when it is necessary to clean out the trough.

The false floor simply rests in place on the main floor L by its own weight, and it may be lifted and propped up, as shown, whenever it is desired to clean out under it.

I have described and shown my stable-floor adapted for use in a horse-stall. If I desire to use it for a cow-stall, I do away with the trough 1?,trough-cover Q, and planking R, leaving simply the main floor at the rear.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a floor for stalls and the like, the com bination of a main floor having one endlower than the other, a falsefloor consisting of a grating or the like, and a series of wedgeshaped sleepers between the mainfioor and the false floor, adapted to bring the false floor up to a level, saidsleepers being fixed alternately to the main floor and to the false floor at an interval apart, substantially as described.

2. A floor for stalls and the like, consisting of a main floor having its rear end lower than its forward end, a false fioor made up of longitu dinal planks suitably fixed to cross-pieces, wedge-shaped longitudinal sleepers fixed to the under side of alternate planks of the false floor, with the thick end to the rear, and similar longitudinal sleepers fixed to the main floor, with the thick end to the rear and alternate with respect to the sleepers fixed to the false floor, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afi ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY E. BRION. Witnesses:

JACOB S. KIMBALL, J. E. KEAGLE. 

